April 16--The summary
A ninth-inning White Sox rally stalled against closer Cody Allen as the Indians snapped the Sox's three-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Wednesday at Progressive Field. With two runners on base and no outs, Adam Eaton struck out on a foul bunt, Melky Cabrera grounded into a force and Jose Abreu struck out swinging.
On the mound
On his 30th birthday, Sox left-hander John Danks gave up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The Indians' Lonnie Chisenhall scored in the third inning on a Michael Bourn groundout and then had a two-run double in the fourth to give the Indians a three-run lead.
At the plate
Adam LaRoche walked and scored on an Alexei Ramirez groundout before Conor Gillaspie, who had doubled, scored on J.B. Shuck's single in the sixth.
In the field
Backup catcher Geovany Soto was credited with an error when his throw to second to try to catch the lead runner following a sacrifice bunt bounced past Ramirez. The Indians then scored their first run, unearned.
Key number
14 -- Sox strikeouts, including eight against starter Trevor Bauer.
The quote
"You expect him to get that down. He has done it with two strikes. He's comfortable doing it. You just have to get it over to the third baseman and move everybody up." -- Ventura on Eaton's strikeout bunting
The quote II
"It's just one of those games. ... We had some opportunities. We left runners on base (10)
." -- Micah Johnson
Up next
At Tigers, 12:08 p.m. Friday, CSN.
